{"id":4187,"date":"2008-09-02T17:15:10","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T00:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=4187"},"modified":"2008-09-03T21:41:58","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T04:41:58","slug":"to-whom-shall-i-pledge-my-alligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4187\/to-whom-shall-i-pledge-my-alligence\/","title":{"rendered":"To Whom Shall I Pledge My Allegiance?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Pledge of Allegiance<\/p><\/div>\n

Alright now – simmer down – relax <\/em>– this is not a political post.<\/p>\n

With the advent of a new school year here, I couldn’t help but be reminded of days gone by – in the classroom – Ms. Sukula, my second grade teacher – with Bewitched hair – stood proudly at the front of the classroom, hand over her left breast – slowly reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.\u00a0\u00a0 She told us to stand like soldiers – hand over our chests with pride – you’re an American!<\/p>\n

Now if you didn’t recite it along with her – her eyes would focus on you with the deep intent of causing bodily harm – lips firmly and taughtly pulled back to bare her brilliant white teeth – still slowly reciting the words – almost melodically.<\/p>\n

It was definitely<\/strong> not a smile –\u00a0 believe me – her message did not lack clarity.<\/p>\n

Ahh – memories<\/em> …<\/p>\n

Now – surprisingly, this draws parallels in my current day-to-day life as a real estate agent deeply embroiled in the pursuit of sorting out of all the new technology solutions in the Real Estate 2.0 cyber space.\u00a0 You’ll notice from my last post – this is a taking some time.<\/p>\n

Greg has shared with us the cool new Trulia app for the iPhone here on Bloodhound.\u00a0 I recently saw on Twitter that Trulia has already surpassed over 10,000 downloads – this new functionality not only is cool, it clearly has legs.<\/p>\n

But why am I not running to Trulia?<\/p>\n

I am a member – I participate on TruliaVoices.\u00a0 I’ve claimed all of my listings and have subscribed to Trulia Pro – but their latest feature has me frustrated – blogging.\u00a0 While it is a great feature, I can’t help but ask myself, why do I want to put all of my eggs in the Trulia basket?<\/p>\n

I have spent the last several idle months re-alphabetizing my CD collection, sorting through my closets and more importantly, really being focused on learning the new Web 2.0 tools and building my online presence.\u00a0 I’ve invested in my own domain for my blog and Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pledge of Allegiance Alright now – simmer down – relax – this is not a political post. 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